Example sentences of "[verb] is [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |
| 2 | Resistivity surveying is based on the principle that underground features such as masonry walls have a high resistance to an electric current , whereas filled-in features , such as ditches or pits , have a lower resistance . |
| 3 | Now er with the vehicles on the road today more and more accidents And certainly motorways , and bearing in mind I would imagine , er would it be true to say that the majority of mo driving is done on motorways and dual carriageways ? |
| 4 | The rated current of a stepping motor winding is assessed on the basis of the maximum allowable temperature rise when the winding is continuously excited . |
| 5 | The site of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District is an example , where the plateau on which it is sited is surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks . |
| 6 | All your accounts remain separate , but the amount of interest you earn is based on the family 's total . |
| 7 | The list from which they are selected is held on a small computer on the second floor of the drab grey Cabinet Office building in Whitehall . |
| 8 | If an order is made , the sum to be disgorged is based on either the amount of the profit which has accrued to the insider , or the amount of loss or adverse affect to investors , or indeed , a combination of both these factors . |
| 9 | Successive visits by Motherwell and Airdrie have seen attendances recorded at 3,370 and 3,079 respectively ; clearly insufficient numbers to maintain the running of a full-time outfit at Dens Park , let alone allow the investment manager Simon Stainrod says is required on the playing staff . |
| 10 | The sum saved is based on a calculation of the average community service costs of all relevant clients at six month and/or 12 month assessment . |
| 11 | Moreover , it is of greatest benefit to the top-rate taxpayers , as the relief granted is based on the taxpayer 's marginal ( ie highest ) rate of taxation . |
| 12 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 13 | The system which was adopted is based on the chart shown in Figure 4.6 . |
| 14 | ‘ We no longer live in a society which we can claim is founded on Christian belief , ’ said one , favouring instead an education which teaches children to accept people have fundamentally different beliefs which are neither wrong nor right . |
| 15 | The method used is based on collecting and clustering bigram statistics using a rank correlation metric . |
| 16 | However , when traffic calming is introduced on a large scale to Britain , it is vital that the lessons that have been learned in the German experiments are explicitly recognised . |
| 17 | The language syllabus of Streamline is based on the carefully controlled introduction of new structures and vocabulary . |
| 18 | This same lateral braced bridling is found on the flexible Parafoils or Stratoscoop types . |
| 19 | Great interest is shown in the activities and scenes depicted : the skill and panache with which cat 's cradle is demonstrated is commented on , the speed and technique of the weavers astounds , the making of crayfish pots and operation of eel weirs is studied intently . |
| 20 | On a drum-scanning system the map to be digitized is laid on a rotating drum and a sensor is passed across the map ; one pass of the sensor generates one line of the raster . |
| 21 | Your new sum insured is shown on your Renewal Notice , and it will be similarly adjusted every year in future in accordance with Endorsement BF as printed in your policy document . |
| 22 | The parsing algorithm provided is based on chart-parsing techniques . |
| 23 | We say that we will protect single retired people , we will ensure that the rebate system is improved not only to help those people , but to target help on all those who need it and we will ensure that what people pay is based on their ability to pay and not on their status . |
| 24 | ‘ Not working to full potential ’ is a legend many of us feel is engraved on our hearts . |
| 25 | This inability of the court to intervene is founded on the fact that the applicable law is not the common law of England but a peculiar or domestic law of which the visitor is the sole judge . |
| 26 | However , 80 per cent of the revenue generated is spent on civil service salaries , and yet the government by imprecation if not implication blames this peasantry for sheet and gully erosion . |
| 27 | The romantic refusal to analyse is based on a fallacy . |
| 28 | Since the Publications Counter is closed on Saturdays and Sundays , the question was deleted in questionnaires issued on these days . |
| 29 | One approach to control is based on the susceptibility of the L3 to desiccation and on the fact that a major route of infection is percutaneous . |
| 30 | The description that follows is based on an article that appeared in the November 1989 issue of the IMS Journal , and additional material supplied by the authors . |